22. “And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.
23. ‘Why did you not put the silver in the bank, that when I come I could have collected it with interest?’
24. “Then he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who possesses ten minas.’
25. “But they said to him, ‘Master, he already possesses ten minas.’
26. ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who possesses shall be given; and from him who does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away from him.
27. ‘But those enemies of mine who did not wish me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”
28. And having said this, He went on ahead, going up to Yerushalayim.
29. And it came to be, when He came near to Bĕyth Phag̅i and Bĕyth Anyah, at the mountain of Olives, that He sent two of His taught ones,
30. saying, “Go into the village opposite you, in which, as you enter, you shall find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loosen it and bring it here.
31. “And if anyone asks you, ‘Why do you loosen it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Master has need of it.’ ”